Are you in favor of the Pearce for Heim deal?

[Frobby]

Just doing a poll to get everyone's views in poll form.

[esmd]

Can't hurt. Heim is nothing special from what I've heard.

[LookitsPuck]

Yes. Heim is all defense, no offense. Essentially the definition of a backup catcher. Can get them on the free market...and we other (better?) options.

[Norfolk orioles]

Pearce is a solid veteran who's been big for us in the playoffs before.

I like this trade, solid teammate, solid, flexible player, familiarity with the team so no chemistry issues and we didn't give up much at all to get him.

Duquette didn't mortgage the farm to go "all in" like I thought he might and I actually commend him for that.

Miley and Pearce make us better and we didn't give up any of our top prospects to get them.

[weams]

Just doing a poll to get everyone's views in poll form.

I did not like Pearce last year. This year he is back to being a four win type player.

[Chavez Ravine]

Yes. Heim is all defense, no offense. Essentially the definition of a backup catcher. Can get them on the free market...and we other (better?) options.

I tend to agree that defensive catcher is a fairly straightforward and inexpensive to acquire commodity on the open market. Defensive catcher prospects probably have more inherent commodity value than actual MLB defensive catchers because everyone dreams about the offense clicking one day.

That said, I hope we get the good Pearce for the next few months.

[eddie83]

Hard to play a no hit catcher unless you have a real good lineup.

[weams]

I tend to agree that defensive catcher is a fairly straightforward and inexpensive to acquire commodity on the open market. Defensive catcher prospects probably have more inherent commodity value than actual MLB defensive catchers because everyone dreams about the offense clicking one day.

That said, I hope we get the good Pearce for the next few months.

Pearce has been good all year.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=pearcst01&t=b&year=&share=0.77#522-544-sum:batting_gamelogs

[CanadianOriole]

Very much in favor - good deal.

[Can_of_corn]

Pearce has been good all year.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=pearcst01&t=b&year=&share=0.77#522-544-sum:batting_gamelogs

He's already been regressing a bit. .563 OPS in his last 13 games, which includes 4 games before he went on the DL in June. But if he can approach his career numbers I'll be fine with that. He figures to play a lot vs. LHP.

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[sportsfan8703]

Pearce is also a heck of an insurance policy for LF,RF,1B,DH in case of injury or suspension.

[Three Run Homer]

This trade seems like a payback for when we gave the Rays Chad Bradford for nothing down the stretch a few years ago. If we were on the other side of this trade we'd be banging our heads against the wall.

[Can_of_corn]

This trade seems like a payback for when we gave the Rays Chad Bradford for nothing down the stretch a few years ago. If we were on the other side of this trade we'd be banging our heads against the wall.

Why? We'd be shaving a bit of payroll on the way to a last place season.

[OFFNY]

This trade seems like a payback for when we gave the Rays Chad Bradford for nothing down the stretch a few years ago. If we were on the other side of this trade we'd be banging our heads against the wall.

I remember when that happened, and I was actually glad about it ...... that's how much I hate the Yankees and the Red Sox.

[Three Run Homer]

Why? We'd be shaving a bit of payroll on the way to a last place season.

Even when the O's were bad I never wanted them to trade players just to dump their salaries. I'm not interested in padding Peter Angelos' wallet; I'm interested in rooting for a talented team, and you don't build your talent base by trading away useful players for cash considerations or token prospects.